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oA Home In\Tbe Salt River Valley, Arizona 



In The 



SALT RIVER 

VALLEY , 

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ARIZONA 



1916 




Federal Park, Phoenix 

and country clubs, paved streets and surfaced roads 
hotels and parks, she does not des])air of ])leasin<;- 
Ihe most fastidious g.uest. 

COST OF LIVING 

The cost of living is about e(iual to the general 
cost prevailing in most Sonthwestern communities. 
The tendency today is toward a reduction in rent.s 
and commodity prices. During tlu^ winter months 
choice residences, apartments and other accommo- 
dations are in demand, and prices are higher than 
in summer. A choice bungalow can be built at 
from $2,000 to $5,000. according to finish and mat(-- 
rial. Rents range from $25.00 foi- unfurnished house 
of five rooms. Rooms vai-y from $12.00 a month to 
$30.00 a month, according to the location and other 
advantages. Board genei-ally avcj-ages a dollar a 
day. In a few instances it may be obtained for a 
little less, but this price will be about the average. 
You can buy clothing just as cheaply here as in 
any large city. The shops are up-to-date and the 
prices are right. Wood and coal are used for house 
hold purposes, and cost about the same. It is only 
necessary to burn fuel for heating for a few months 
in the year. Fuel costs are not exorbitant. 

EMPLOYMENT 

There is an ample supply of help in occupations 
where light labor is performed. There is no de- 
mand for those who are looking for "soft jobs.'' 
There are many who come here to enjoy the bene- 
ficial climate and who have some means at hand: 
these persons are sometimes willing to work for a 
small compensation. In the field of individual effort 
there is no section of the country which otfers bet- 
ter inducements along agricultural lines, and the 
farming conditions throughout the Salt River Valley 
are well worth while. If interested in agriculture 
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and farming opportunities write for special folders 
on the valley and the various crops. 

While presenting every possible advantage to the 
healthseeker, Phoenix, Mesa and the other cities and 
towns in the valley do not offer an asylum to in- 
digent people who wish to regain health. Living- 
costs are moderate and compare favorably with 
those of most Western communities. 

MESA AND OTHER TOWNS 

Mesa, the second city of the valley, is a thriv- 
ing town in the center of the rich agricultural dis- 
trict on the south side of the Salt River. Tempe, 
the seat of the State Normal School, lies between 
Mesa and Phoenix. Farther South toward the 
desert is the new town of Chandler, with her splen- 
did tourist hotel, the San Marcos. Glendale, on the 
North side of the river, is connected with Phoenix 
by the Santa Fe railroad as well as by an electric 
line through the orange gj-oves. Each of a dozen 
other small places gathers about it the thriving 
farm life of its particular section of the valley. 

SURROUNDINGS 

The individual looking for health must have 
surroundings which are attractive and which will 
at the same time permit him to secure nourishment 
and ordinary comforts at a reasonable cost and with- 
out difficulty. Throughout the Salt River Valley 
are magnificent farms producing the best of agri- 
cultural products of every variety and at all sea- 
sons. Here can the patient secure in unlimited 
supply and at reasonable cost, fresh milk, eggs, but- 
ter, poultr}^ and all of the necessities of life. 

No remedies to equal Nature's own, here in 
abundance and of the most blessed. 

Pleasant skies. The sun with you every day, 
and who can be grouchy where the warm sun shines ''. 

Pleasant days make pleasant people, and pleas- 
ant people are filled with health. 

Health is yours for the seeking. You will find 
it here without seeking far in the Salt River Valle.y, 
Arizona. 

AS OTHERS SEE THE VALLEY 

Hon. Thos. R. Marshall, Vice-President of the 
United States of America, said : 

"In my opinion (which is based upon experi- 
ence as to its efficacy in my ov^m family) the Salt 
River Valley, Arizona, has an ideal climate. I am 
quite satisfied it has no superior and am extremely 
doubtful as to its having an equal anywhere in 
America. ' ' 

Sir Gilbert Parker of London, England, author 
of "The Right of Way," and many other famous 
books, in a recent letter to the Governor of Arizona, 
wrote : 

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HEALTH ancT CLIMATE 

In Ihc Siill K'ivcr Viillcy, /\riziiti;i, Nature li;i,-i 
iissiMiililcd iill the i-ci|Hii'ciMi'iils For rchiiildiiij;' hivillli 
iirul rcncvviiii;' oiici'i;y. Here iU'c dry iiir, siiiisliiiM', 
pi'Dpci' (dtitiidc, iioiii'isliinctit, i)l(!!is(i.iit siirroiiiidinjis. 
Here lias Nature perl'eeled ii mild iiiid balmy elimii'e 
with an even tempei'Ml nre and at an altilnde of only 
1.100 I'eet, will) a dryness ol' atniospliei'e eipialled 
l)y I'ew localities and eM'clled liy none other in the 
world, 

PROTECTION 

The Salt K'iver Valley is proteeted from all eoUl 
winds by hi.eh nionidain raiiiics to the North and 
Kast, with the Sierra Nevada and doast iviiie'es to 
the West. From the South the valley receives a 
sufficient shelter from a short s|)ur (d" low lyiuf^' hills. 
The (iulf of (^nlifornia, thouH'h distant about oiu' 
liundrcMl or so miles to the So\dh and West, exert ^ 
a beneficial iiillucnco tln'oujih its prevailiue' warm 
winds and ocean cun'cnts. llei'e is n. locality with 
tropical advantae'es with noiu- of the disudvantaiies, 
humidity and malaria, which are usually associated 
with tropical count I'ies, 

CONDITIONS IDEAL 

Prom the conditions which \\'e ha\'e rel'eri'cd to, 
it will now be readily undei'stood how a climate that 
-seldom jjives a teni|)ei'ature at freezinji' point, and 
with rarely a cloudy day, is iiossible in the latitude 
in which the valley is situated, 

THE SEASONS 

There are but two seasons — the Avinter season 
which is like the openino; of an Eastern sprinii'. and 
the summer season whiidi commences about Juu? 
first and continues until the end of September, S\im- 

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iner days are blight, clear and hot. There is usually 
some littl(! rain in the latter part of July or durini: 
.\njiust, jrenerally coming' in showei's wdiich soon 
clear and leav(! a wonderful freshness. 

PERFECT HEALTH RESORT 

The Salt River Valley has everything that goes 
to make up a perfect health resort and a home. 

It has a minimum of rainfall, about eii;ht inches 
per annum. 

It has a iiniiimum of atmosphei-ic moisture, forty 
pel- cent linmidit.w 

It has a minimum of air moNcnoMit, 

It has no malaria. 

It has an altitude of about 1,100 feet. 

It has a maximum of sunshine, 

lOach of tlies(! advantafjcs is vital in the selec- 
tion of a place })est suited for health. 

Within easy T'each and within the area of the 
\alley are to be found all the delights and charms 
ascribed to Italy or Kgypt, with none of the draw- 
liaidis usually associated with those countries. 

ADVANTAGES 

We ha\i' all the advantae-es enjoyed by the 
Southeastern p(n'ti(ui ol' the I'uited States without 
the moist hcas'y atmosphei'(- and malai'ia. We have 
the balmy aii" and even tempei'ature of the Pacific 
('oast without fous oi' dami)ness, jjike that of the 
Central- West<'i'n mountain I'egions the air is dry ami 
bi'acine', but we are without the blizzards and his>'h 
altitudes. We have the advantafj'es of all these 
laxored sections without any of their unfavorable 
conditions. It is truly uniifue. Nature has few 
duplicates and no other section of the world is so 
sinL;;ularl\- blessed in the uuittei' of health-giving 
and health making clinuite as is this part of Arizona. 

SUMMER 

.Much has been writtiMi and reported regardinu' 
the snmmei's in Ai'izotia. Let us at onee agree that 
the sununers are hot. But as far as the human 
individual is concerned heat is not a matter of tem- 
|)erature alom>. The main factor in determining 
clinuite is humidity. Humidity is vital. High tem- 
perature and low huundity are comfortable ami 
health I'ul, when the reverse, low temperature and 
high humidity, would be beyond human endurance. 
To really api)reciate the effects of the summer heat 
oiu' nmst fii'st recognize the ditt'eretu'e between AveT 
and dry bulb theruuuneters. The wet bulb gives 
the actual sensible heat which the body feels. In the 
valle,\ this is usually 20 to 30 degrees below the 
l(>mperature recorded by the dry bulb thermometer. 
F(H- instance, with tlu> thermometer registering 100 
ilegrees at Phoenix the body actually feels a tem- 

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perature of only 78 degrees. This is on account of 
the extreme dryness of the atmosphere. Now, >vith 
a thermometer reading 90 degrees in Chicago the 
body would feel a temperature of S8 degrees, or you 
would be 10 degrees hotter in Chicago with a tem- 
perature of Of) degrees than you would be in 
Phoenix with temperatm-e of 100 degrees. The 
average humidity throughout the year is only 
about 40 per cent, and there are weeks at a time 
during the summer Avheu it Avill run far below thi.^ 
point. The summer nuuiths are tlu' healthiest ot 
the year. During th(> sununer m(Uiths the death 
rate is only one-third of one per cent. During these 
months pers])iration is very copious, and owing to 
the very dry air. evajjoration is instantaneous and a 
material aid to comfort, 

WINTER 

The delightful weather during the winter imuiths 
is the inducement which brings large numbers of 
people eaeh year to the valley looking to renew 
health and vigor. Without question the winter cli- 
mate of the valley is the finest in the world, and 
people in pooi' health fin<l that they make rapid 
gains during the season. 

The rains that occui' dnrine- the winter months 
are not sufficient to increase the humidity to an>- 
api)reciable amount. Dryness of the atmosphere 
pi'evails in winter as well as tluring the summei' 
months. The warm sun during the day is vei\v bene- 
ficial, and there is never a day without some sun- 
shine, Nine out of every ten days have sunshine 
practically all day. 

IRRIGATION 

The effect of the iri-igation system on the [irim- 
itive clinuitic conditions has not been noticed. The 
] evaporation from lands under irrigation is very 
slight, and has no influence at all. The area under 
irrigation is snuill in comparison to the gr(>at ex- 
panse of almost unbroken desert country extending 
all through central Arizona. By some it has been 
suggested that the irrigation has tended to eciualize 
the humidity which during the summer at mid-day 
ranges from 6 to 15 per cent. An amount below 
this would not be desii'able. 

ALTITUDE 

When investigating a locality where health is 
to be re-made, the search is made for a place with 
dry, pure and invigorating atmosphere. In many 
instances these desirable ccuiditions are oidy found 
at a high elevation, an elevation which is often 
very hard on the patient suffering with pulmonary 
or other troubles. Here in the valley are all the 
advantages of a high elevation, dry, pure and in- 
vigorating atmosphere, and without the disadvan- 
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tages of a hie-h altitude which are often impossible 

to overcome, ,\e-ain. lodav manv su. I'slions are 

made that the patient should seek recovery ;d an 
altitude about cpial to that ol' the place where th- 
coiiiplMint lirst gave trouble. The low allitnde of 
the Salt River \'alley makes it the one place in the 
Pniled Stales absolutely |||,. l„.st iu this respect 
when the nee, Is ,d' |.;ilienls from the tlasl are con 
sidered. 

CLIM.A,TOLOGICAL DATA 

IW,1 „„ ,.-,-„„l,l,>, „v,., I7vr„r. 

The ;i\erau(' temperatures for the seasons are: 
.M iniinuin 

Daily liaiiu,. 

\'ariahility 

lliuiiidity, .\verage PiTceiitnge |().,", 

Sunsliiiie, Number of Hours, .\\ei'a;;i' :!7 I7 

Po.ssible I I I I 

Percentage of Possible Si 

Wind, .Vvci-age \'elocity j. | 

The average temper.-it iires for the seasons are. 

Spring (i7,.'i 

Siiniiiier ,S7,II 

.\iitiiiiin 70,1 

Winter r)LM 

Average I'lntiiv ^^■al■ (ID, I 

MORE SUNSHINE 
During a [)i'riod id' forty years the averagi^ 
mniiber of clear days each yeai' was 2.'52, with partly 
cloudy days. !)(i; cloudy days, 37; rainy days. 37. 
and foggy days. IIicin' were only two each year 
During the same pcM'iod of years the average annual 
raiiifaTl was S.O.S inches. 

On only eight days in the entire year of I!)I4 
was there no sunshine, 

CITIES AND TOWNS 
i'liociiix, the capital city of Arizona, is the me- 
tropolis of the valley and the State. With her city 
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I'cdcral Park, Phoeii 

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lioteJs and packs, .she docs not 
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COST OF LIVING 

The cost of iivilif;' is alioiil c(|iial to the h'cmcimI 
cost prevailing' in iiiost Sontlivvcstern coniMMinit.ies. 
The tendency today is towar'd a reduction in rents 
and commodity jiriccs. Dni'in^' the winter nii)ntli> 
choice i-esidenceH, apai'tmcnts and other acicoinnio 
dations are in demand, nnd prices ai'e hiulier than 
in sinniner. A choice linn^;alow cjin be built at 
From >(!2, ()()() to .iir),()0(l, accoi'dinf^' to linisli and nnile- 
rial. Rejuts range Itoiu $25,00 for unrurnislied house 
of five rooms, iiooms vary IVom $12,00 a niontii to 
$W.OO a month, according' to the location and other 
advantages, hoard "■eiu^raliy avei'ages a dollar a 
day. In a I'ew instances it may be obtained i'or a 
little less, but tlii.s price will be about the average. 
You can buy clolliiiig .just as ehea|)ly here as in 
any large city. The shops are up-to-date and the 
prices are right. Wood and coal are used for lionse 
hold jHirposes, and cost about the same. It is only 
necessary to burn fuel for heating for a few months 
in tile year. V\u'\ costs are not exorbitant. 

EMPLOYMENT 

There is an ample s\ipply of help in occupations 
where light labor is perl'ormed. There is no de- 
numd for tluise who are looking for "soft jobs." 
There are many who come here to en.joy the bene- 
ficial climate and who have some nu-'an's at hand ; 
these persons are sometimes willing to work for a. 
small compensation. Tn the field of individual effort 
there is no section of the country which offers bet- 
ter inducements along agricultui'al lines, and th.' 
farming conditions throughout the Salt River Valley 
are well worth while. If interested in agriculture 



and farming ojjpoi'tunities wi'ite for special folders 
on the valley and the various crops. 

While presenting every possible advantage to the 
healthseeker, Phoenix, Mesa and the other cities and 
towns in the valley do not offer an asylum to in- 
digent people who wish to regain health. Living- 
costs are moderate and compare favoi'ably with 
those of njost Western communities. 

MESA AND OTHER TOWNS 

.Mesa, the second ('ity of the valley, is a thriv- 
ing town in the center of the rich agricultural dis- 
trict on the south side of the Salt Rivei'. Tempe. 
the seat of the State Normal School, lies between 
Mesa and Phoenix. Farther South toward the 
desert is the new town of Chandler, with her splen- 
did tourist hotel, the San Marcos. Gleudale, on the 
North side of the I'iver, is connected with Phoenix 
by the Santa h\' railroad as well as b}' an electric 
line through tlu; orange groves. Each of a dozen 
othci' small places gathers about it the thriving 
farm life of its particular section of the valley. 

SURROUNDINGS 

The intlividual looking for health must have 
sui'roundings which are attractive and wliieh will 
at the same time permit him to secure nourishment 
and ordinary comforts at a reasonable cost and with- 
out difficult.v'. Thi'ougliout the Salt River Valley 
ar(^ magniticent farms producing tlie best of agri- 
cultural jiroducts of every variety and at all sea- 
sons. Here can the patient secure in unlimited 
supply and at reasonable cost, fresh milk, eggs, but- 
ter, [)oultry and all of the necessities of life. 

No remedies to eipiai Nature's own, here in 
abundance and of the most blessed. 

Pleasant skies. The sun with you every da.y, 
and who can be gi-ouchy where the warm sun shines? 

Pleasant da.ys nuike pleasant people, and pleas- 
ant people are filh^d with health. 

Health is yours for the seeking. You will find 
it here without seeking far in the Salt River Valley. 
Arizona. 

AS OTHERS SEE THE VALLEY 

Hon. Thos. R. Marshall, Vice-President of the 
United States of America, said : 

"In my opinion (which is based upon experi- 
ence as to its efficacy in my own family) the Salt 
River Valley, Arizona, has an ideal climate. I am 
quite satisfied it has no superior and am extremely 
doubtful as to its having an equal anywhere in 
America. ' ' 

Sir Gilbert Parker of London, England, author 
of "The Right of AYay," and many other famous 
books, in a recent letter to the Governor of Arizona, 
wrote : 



... u„n . . •, 017 063 400 7 '• 

1 snail not rest until I have again breatnea tne 
air of Arizona, which did me more good than doctors 
or medicine of any prescription." 

Mr. F. B. Callis, a well known swimming instruc- 
tor, visited Phoenix recently and at the Y. ^[. C. A. 
taught 600 men and boys to swim, mostly boys of 
course. With the third lesson there is a "test." The 
youth is re(nured to swim 2.i yards unaided. Those 
of us who remember when we learned to swim rec- 
ognize that as something of n test of endurance and 
strength. 

Now, :\Ir. Callis has taught the art of swimmiiii: 
to thousands of boys in diff'crent parts of the coiuT 
■ try and he says that in no other place has he found 
such a large percentage of the boys under his care 
able to stand this te.st. The climate that makes the 
Phoenix youngsters so strong and healthy, encour- 
aging the boys to spend so much of their time all 
the year out of doors, will do as much for you. Come 
and try it. 

If parents all over the country knew about this 
they would be flocking to the Salt River Valley with 
their boys and girls, whose health is more to fathers 
and mothers than the financial advantages of any 
other community. Rut the financial advantages of 
this community measure up very well with those of 
any other, our educati(uial advantages are much 
above the average — and. we have no saloons. 

HOW TO REACH THE SALT 
RIVER VALLEY 

The Salt River Valley is served by two of the 
great ti-anscontinental railroads, the Southern Pacific 
and the Santa Fe. 

The traveler bound I'or Phoenix or one of the 
other towns of the vicinity via the Santa Fe leaxi's 
the main line at .\sh Fork and a day's ride through 
the mountains brings him to the groves and pastures 
of the Salt River Valley. 

Travelers via the Southern Pacific transfer to 
the Phoenix branch at Maricopa, and reach the 
vallev after forty-five minutes' ride across the desert. 



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IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER 



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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 



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CHAMBER OF COMMEBOE 

CO.M.MERCI.VL CLUB 

lUSrXESS MENS ASSOCI.VTION 

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 

HO.VRD OF TRADE 

IlIGLEY BOARD OF TRADE 

COMMERCIAL CLUB 

HOARD OF TRADE 



PHOENIX, ARIZ, 

MESA 

GLENDALE 

CHANDLEK 

TE.MPE 

HIGLEV 

GILBERT 

BUCKEYE 



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SALT RIVER 
VALLEY 

ARIZONA 



1916 




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"1 shall not rest until I have again breatnea tne 
air of Arizona, which did me more good than doctors 
or medicine of any prescription." 

Mr. F. B. ("allis, a well knoAvn swimming instruc- 
tor, visited Phoenix recently and at the Y. M. C. A. 
taught 600 men and boys to swim, mostly boys, of 
course. With the third lesson there is a test. The 
youth is required to swim 25 yards unaided. Those 
of us who remember when we learned to swim rec- 
ognize that as something of h test of endurance and 
strength. 

Now, Mr. Callis has taught the art of swimming 
to thousands of boys in diiferent parts of the coun- 
try and he says that in no other place has he found 
such a large percentage of the boys under his care 
able to stand this test. The clinuite that makes thi" 
Phoenix youngsters so strong and healthy, encour- 
aging the boys to spend so much of their time all 
the year out of doors, will do as much for you. Come 
and try it. 

If parents all over the country knew about this 
they would be flocking to the Salt River Valley with 
their boys and girls, whose health is more to fathers 
and mothers than the financial advantages of any 
other community. But the financial advantages of 
this community measure up very well with those oF 
any other, our educational advantages are much 
above the average — and, we have tio saloons. 

HOW TO REACH THE SALT 
RIVER VALLEY 

The Salt River Valley is sei'ved by two of the 
great tr-anscontinental railroads, the Southei-n Pacific 
and the Santa Fe. 

The traveler bound foi- Phoenix or one of th(> 
other towns of the vicinity via the Santa Fe leaves 
the main line at Ash Fork and a day's ride through 
the mountains brings him to the groves and pastures 
of the Salt River Valley. 

Travelers via the Southern Pacific transfer to 
the Phoenix branch at Maricopa, and reach the 
vallev after fortv-five minutes' ride across the desert. 



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IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER 

(Maricopa County) 
And Issued Under Authority 

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 

Address 
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PHOENIX, ARIZ. 

or 

COMMERCIAL CLUB MESA 

BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATION - - GLENDALE 
CHAMBER OP COMMERCE - - - CHANDLEU 

BOARD OP TRADE TEMPR 

HIGLEY BOARD OP TRADE - . . . HIGLEY 

COMMERCIAL CLUB GILBERT 

BOARD OP TRADE BUCKEYE 



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